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Interfaith Dialogue on Campus
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University and college campuses are emerging as critical spaces for the advancement of interfaith dialogue. As the United States grows more diverse culturally and religiously, institutions of higher learning have a key role to play in building knowledge and promoting the exchange of ideas. Students have taken the lead in developing new initiatives that engage commonalities and differences across traditions and advance collaboration around issues of democracy and social justice -- on campus, across the country, and around the world. To help network these efforts, this page maps organizations active in this area.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Addir Fellows Program supports a group of twenty-five students belonging to different faith backgrounds as they generate dialogue and understanding across different faith communities. The program includes weekly discussion groups of six to eight students, monthly lectures, and two annual retreats, all of which offer participants the opportunity to build a community and learn from scholars and practitioners in the fields of religious and interfaith...
Auburn Theological Seminary's Center for Multifaith Education helps equip all people of faith to be leaders in a religiously diverse world. The Face to Face|Faith to Faith program nurtures young international multifaith leaders from regions experiencing religious- and identity-based conflict; My Faith/Your Faith is pilot program that brings together US high school-age students from Jewish, Christian, and Muslim congregations to promote interreligious understanding and dialogue. The center...
The Interfaith Alliance (formerly Religious Life Fellows) at Birmingham-Southern College encourages interfaith dialogue and cooperation on campus, and increases awareness of diverse faith traditions from around the world. The Alliance program is open to a small group of students from diverse backgrounds who are both firm in their own faith convictions and interested in learning about other religions and promoting interfaith discussion at BSC. Participation offers students an opportunity to...
The Center for Engaged Religious Pluralism at Saint Mary's College of California promotes and facilitates dialogue among people of diverse faith traditions, with a focus on developing approaches to and solutions for major public policy issues. Issue specific projects probe contemporary social issues, such as religious rights for prisoners, religious pluralism and economic justice, and religion in public schools. The center also sponsors interfaith initiatives for the Saint Mary's campus...
Founded in 2008 with a generous grant from the Henry Luce Foundation, the Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education (CIRCLE) is a joint interfaith action and study initiative of Andover Newton and Hebrew College that works to nurture a new generation of moral and spiritual leaders equipped for service in a religiously diverse world. The work of CIRCLE is rooted in the cultivation of authentic relationships among the students, faculty and staff of the two schools as they seek...
Opened in 2004, the Chapman University Fish Interfaith Center offers a place for campus religious organizations to gather, as well as programming that assists students in learning about other faiths and belief systems. Through these events and programs, students are able to reflect on and discuss their values and "construct a vision of what they can contribute to the common good." The center provides a space for students of any faith to worship, study, or meditate. It holds dialogues and...
Colgate University's Center for Outreach, Volunteerism and Education supports student volunteer organizations on campus and the impact that students can have on their community through service. It runs the Interfaith Service Initiative along with the Office of Chaplains. The service initiative focuses on making a measurable, long-term impact on student life by both increasing the number of students involved in service and the number involved in discussions and dialogues about the diversity of...
Dartmouth University’s Multi-faith Council promotes opportunities for understanding, exploring, and discussing the role that faith plays in the lives of students and in the broader world. Multi-faith programming welcomes people of Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Hindu, Baha’i, Native, Sikh, and Buddhist faiths, as well as Agnostics, Atheists, Seekers, and anyone with an interest in the role of faith and spirituality in campus life. The council meets weekly to facilitate dialogue within the campus...
Interfaith Fellowship at Davidson College is a student group which brings together Buddhist, Christian, Jewish, and Muslim students, as well as students of other faiths and any and all spiritual students, to share in meals, discussions, and trips to various houses of worship. A Presbyterian university, Davidson encourages all students to find ways to grow spiritually during their time on campus. Davidson has an interfaith blog, “Better Together,” which showcases interfaith news and events....
Denison Religious Understanding is an organization within Denison University's Office of Religious Life. The group is dedicated to interreligious understanding and dialogue through various art forms, presentations, and discussions. Members seek to learn more about other faiths and uncover the similarities between these belief systems and their own. Meetings often take place over a common meal and focus on faith as understood through personal experience; organizers deliberately discourage...
DePaul Interfaith, a student group, brings together those who are interested in interfaith activities through events, social media resources, and facilitated discussion. The DePaul Student Interfaith Scholars serve as student leaders who host events likely the weekly "cafes" that offer students the opportunity to discuss issues revolving around religion and spirituality while sharing a meal; discussion topics can range from religious holidays and spiritual heroes to gender roles in religion,...
The Edward B. Brueggeman Center for Dialogue at Xavier University aims to be a catalyst for change by promoting dialogue across religions, cultures, institutions, and disciplines. The Center holds lectures, seminars, and programs that bring scholars from around the world, and it also acts as a facilitator for interfaith dialogue with the diverse religious communities in the Cincinnati metropolitan area. The Winter/Cohen Student Fellows program gives students the opportunity to choose their...
The Georgetown University Interfaith Council is a student-led organization which welcomes people of all faith backgrounds in working to facilitate interreligious dialogue and understanding on campus. The group hosts interfaith events throughout the year, including a September 11th Memorial Ceremony, an Interfaith Thanksgiving Celebration, and a dialogue series. The Council also hosts interfaith services and gatherings after local or global events that impact the campus at large. The...
The goal of the Harvard College Interfaith Council (HCIC) is to build interfaith understanding, cooperation, and awareness on Harvard's campus. HCIC organizes events where people of different traditions can socialize, engage in dialogue, and serve their community together. In all programming, emphasis is placed on the similarities between different faiths and belief systems as well as the importance of the differences. The Council also works to utilize the resources available through the...
The Center for Interreligious and Communal Leadership Education (CIRCLE) is a joint initiative of Hebrew College and Andover Newton Theological School which aims to help cultivate relationships among the graduate students, staff, and faculty and train religious leaders equipped to serve in a religiously plural world. Student programming is coordinated through the "Journeys on the Hill" initiative; interfaith peer groups meet for discussion and study and reform every academic year. One...
Yale University's Interfaith Alliance for Justice helps students of various faith backgrounds unite under the common cause of community service and equality. The alliance's key initiative is a weekly dinner at the University chaplain's office that brings together students to discuss their faiths, service, and how these aspects of their lives interact, learn about the religions and beliefs of others, and form a support network for their social justice work. Religious and non-religious students...
The Jay Phillips Center for Interfaith Learning is a collaborative enterprise of the University of St. Thomas and Saint John’s University, building on its experience in fostering Jewish-Christian relations to promote interfaith learning and friendship among people of various religions. It does this in a number of ways, primarily through undergraduate courses taught by the center’s director and the occupant of the Jay Phillips Chair in Jewish Studies, congregational and high school programs,...
Located at Rice University, the Boniuk Center for the Study and Advancement of Religious Tolerance is using the internet to develop a world-class collection of research and educational resources dedicated to promoting peaceful religious coexistence. The Center focuses on engaging religious groups previously opposed to pluralism and interfaith dialogue; events and lectures explore religion expressed in variety of ways, including food and art. The Public Scholars Program funds two doctoral...
Founded in 2009, Saint Louis University’s InterFaith Alliance provides a forum where students on campus can develop interfaith relations and understanding through service, awareness of social injustice, and interfaith dialogue. They offer an Interfaith Retreat every year, co-sponsored with Campus Ministry, as an opportunity for students to explore shared values such as living simply, community service, and social justice from the perspective of various faith traditions. In 2010, the group...
Stanford FAITH (Faiths Acting in Togetherness and Hope) is a student-led interreligious action group based at Stanford University. The organization was launched in October 2009 to promote, facilitate, and expand interfaith dialogue efforts across the Stanford community, and especially among groups and communities that had not previously engaged in interfaith work. Sponsored events, such as a "Day of Interfaith Youth Service," counter rally to on-campus protesters from Westboro Baptist Church,...
The Center for Inter-Religious Community, Learning and Experiences at Stanford University (CIRCLE) provides space and resources for students, staff, and faculty to meet "the other," engage in interreligious dialogue, and foster a welcoming multifaith community. It has been designed to be a safe haven for all forms of worship, meditation, prayer, and ritual and as a welcoming space where different communities can come together and learn about one another. CIRCLE offices include seminar and...
Completed in 1930, Syracuse University's Hendricks Chapel was built as a place of worship to serve all faith traditions, functioning as a religious, social, cultural, and intellectual gathering place. The interior of the chapel is designed almost entirely without religious symbols, making it an area available for both religious and secular use. The Office of the Dean of Hendricks Chapel serves the entire campus, without regard to religious affiliation; the chaplains offer their guidance and...
The Hickey Center for Interfaith Studies and Dialogue (CISD) at Nazareth College promotes education and communication as key elements that help individuals and communities improve interfaith understanding and work towards the common good. The center hosts seminar series which address the interfaith dimensions of business, healthcare, higher education, family life and young adults, and the prison system; other periodic lectures address contemporary interfaith issues. It also provides...
The University of Maryland at College Park Interfaith Council fosters “peace and understanding between individuals, cultures and communities through interfaith education.” Focusing on an experiential study of religious and spiritual traditions, the council seeks to provide examples of interfaith cooperation on campus by raising awareness of cultural and religious diversity at UMD and identifying the core values of people of all faiths. Council participants also seek to create reciprocal,...
Interfaith Action at the University of Michigan is an entity which brings students with diverse religious backgrounds and without faith backgrounds together for discussion and service. Interfaith Action collaborates with various university departments and students groups to provide monthly activities and an annual interfaith alternative spring break trip. Interfaith Action is part of the Ginsberg Center and is supported by the Association of Religious Counselors, the Vice President for...
Founded in 2006, the University of Pennsylvania Program in Religion, Interfaith, and Spirituality Matters (PRISM) promotes increased interaction between different faith groups on campus. Members of PRISM represent their individual religious groups before the University Chaplain, administration, and the greater West Philadelphia community. The group also arranges programs, discussions, and prayer exchanges in order to incorporate religious understanding and interaction into campus life....
Inspired by its Jesuit heritage, the University of San Francisco (USF) University Ministry helps create an environment for spiritual learning for students of all faith backgrounds and no religious background. In addition to offering community service opportunities, retreats, and Catholic liturgical services, the ministry office maintains an interfaith meditation center and organizes tours of other sacred spaces around the USF campus. Staff also host interfaith prayer services, an interfaith...